Refocussing Quality of E-Learning

With a new wave of e-learning emerging through new and fascinating developments like Open educational resources, MOOCs and social media in learning and a decade of intense development of quality criteria, methods and management approaches it is time to extract the scientific essence: Where do we stand today in quality development in e-learning? What has proved working well? What is the orientation for the future? Which new and emerging fields and technologies are posing new challenges to quality development? The EFQUEL Innovation Forum is the leading conference for practitioners in international quality and innovation in e-learning, training and development. The 8th EIF takes place at the Open University Catalunya in Barcelona.on the 26th and 27th of September.

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  • “Acknowledging the QA challenges of the future”, Guy Haugh shares his thoughts in opening keynote at the EIF

    Guy Haugh was centrally involved in 1998-2001 in initiating and shaping the Bologna Process, which aims to foster coherence in degree, credit and QA systems throughout Europe. Between 2001-2006, he worked for the EU Commission where he was in charge of major policy documents aimed at setting a European agenda for change/modernisation in higher education and research.  Guy Haug has hands-on experience of university management and of quality assurance/accreditation … continue reading →

  • Talking about MOOCs and quality at the EIF… Some warming up blog posts and discussions!

    MOOCs represent the latest stage in the evolution of open educational resources. First was open access to course content, and then access to free online courses. Accredited institutions are now accepting MOOCs as well as free courses and experiential learning as partial credit toward a degree. The next disruptor will likely mark a tipping point: an entirely free online curriculum leading to a degree from an accredited institution. MOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial … continue reading →

  • Deadline for submitting your EIF contribution extended till 20th of May!

    The deadline for submitting a contribution to the EFQUEL Innovation Forum has been extended till the 20th of May.  EFQUEL welcomes different types of contributions to the EIF2013: presentations (papers, best practices, results), interactive formats (workshop, learning café, discussion panel, …), posters. While the past years have seen a lot of adoption of traditional quality approaches to new fields, as well as the developments of new quality approaches today … continue reading →

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